100 Greatest Women, #73: k.d. lang
One of the most unconventional female country stars in history, right down to the all-lowercase name.
View Article100 Greatest Women, #88: Neko Case
A founding mother of Americana music, Neko Case has spent two decades as a vital force just outside of the country music mainstream.
View ArticleNPR “Turning the Tables” List: A Conversation, Part Five: NPR MIA (Jonathan’s...
Five artists - okay, technically six - that Jonathan Keefe believes were MIA from the NPR list.
View ArticleSunday Selections: June 26, 2016
2016 has claimed yet another icon in “Doctor” Ralph Stanley. As the true giants of popular music continue to age, their passings are only going to accelerate over the coming years, but it still feels
View ArticleSunday Selections: April 3, 2016
Mr. Misunderstood has finally broken his silence. It’s been months since Eric Church went full-on Beyonce and shock-released Mr. Misunderstood on the eve of the CMA broadcast, and it’s been just as...
View ArticleSunday Selections: March 13, 2016
tl;dr: This week is heavy on new singles and music videos for those who, y’know, don’t like to read. But that isn’t to say there isn’t still plenty of good reading material, too. Loretta Lynn
View ArticleSunday Selections: March 6, 2016
R.I.P. Joey Martin Feek. The passing of Joey Feek of Joey+Rory casts a truly heartbreaking pall over the news cycle this week. Even prior to her passing, it’s been a real challenge to listen to
View ArticleSunday Selections: February 28, 2016
When it comes to this week’s Sunday Selections post, we’re just like Tracy Lawrence: Runnin’ behind. What started off seeming like a relatively slow news week caught up with us by the weekend, and it
View ArticleSunday Selections: January 17, 2016
It's a super-sized Sunday Selections for this week!
View ArticleSunday Selections: December 13, 2015
This week’s round-up is a bit light on Chris Stapleton news… if only because we already have a post about the Grammy nominations, where he scored a total of 4 nods, including the all-genre Album
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NPR “Turning the Tables” List: A Conversation, Part Five: NPR MIA (Jonathan’s...
Part Five: NPR MIA Jonathan’s Picks Neko Case Blacklisted Jonathan: In another generation, “Neko” would have taken her rightful place alongside the likes of Dolly, Loretta, Tammy, and Emmylou. Though...
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Sunday Selections: June 26, 2016
2016 has claimed yet another icon in “Doctor” Ralph Stanley. As the true giants of popular music continue to age, their passings are only going to accelerate over the coming years, but it still feels...
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Sunday Selections: April 3, 2016
Mr. Misunderstood has finally broken his silence. It’s been months since Eric Church went full-on Beyonce and shock-released Mr. Misunderstood on the eve of the CMA broadcast, and it’s been just as...
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Sunday Selections: March 13, 2016
tl;dr: This week is heavy on new singles and music videos for those who, y’know, don’t like to read. But that isn’t to say there isn’t still plenty of good reading material, too. Loretta Lynn took over...
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Sunday Selections: March 6, 2016
R.I.P. Joey Martin Feek. The passing of Joey Feek of Joey+Rory casts a truly heartbreaking pall over the news cycle this week. Even prior to her passing, it’s been a real challenge to listen to the...
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Sunday Selections: February 28, 2016
When it comes to this week’s Sunday Selections post, we’re just like Tracy Lawrence: Runnin’ behind. What started off seeming like a relatively slow news week caught up with us by the weekend, and it...
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Sunday Selections: January 17, 2016
It’s a super-sized Sunday Selections for this week! As 2016 gets fully into gear, there are at least three high-profile new releases to go alongside a handful of reissues, and there are a host of...
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Sunday Selections: December 13, 2015
This week’s round-up is a bit light on Chris Stapleton news… if only because we already have a post about the Grammy nominations, where he scored a total of 4 nods, including the all-genre Album Of The...
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Sunday Selections: November 22, 2015
Earlier this week, writer and friend-of-Country Universe C.M. Wilcox announced that he was shuttering his blog, Country California. The crew here have long been admirers of the sharp, insightful...
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Daily Double Top Five: Kentucky Country
This week in 1792, Kentucky became the fifteenth state to join the union. It’s also the state that two Country Universe writers – Jonathan Keefe and myself – call home. Kentucky is well known as the...
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